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Well, he's definitely going to win manager of the year. It always goes to teams that make big jumps like the Sox

I don't agree. It's a team of rookies, and he has little starting rotation. Manager of the Year. And Holy s%*#!!! They're in the Playoffs, and just advanced. Maybe he knows what he's doing!!

Craig Breslow back to being under fire

He managed poorly in September and blew the division

Mr. Brooke Fletcher Morejon almost too deliberate

All I heard all year was how Will should be fired for whatever move, but the whole season was a warmup for the playoffs.

Id rather play the Yankees. The Rays are so boring.

I'll take our chances against either. WILD CARD!!! https://sl.bing.net/hZHp3J0P9Qi

We have a better chance against the Rays than the Yankees

I would too, but for sizzle, a White Sox/Yankees ALCS would be amazing.

Bet you he finds a way to the Braves

Feels like I haven’t seen Mr. Fletcher hit a ball hard in years

I would love for Tampa to take out the Yanks too

Haha, how the heck did I miss this. When I would read other Soxtalkers mention something about Meidroth and Mexico, I thought it was some inside joke or something.

Hmm...

Would be nice to see the Red Sox and Cubs make early exits. (And obviously the Astros!)

Two batters

I remember CST having a little tidbit about the scouting/video team being hard at work with their series prep going into Houston

Morejon didn't throw that many pitches. Let him keep going.

Cubs are running out of outs 😆

Five factoids today: October 1, 1950 - Luke Appling got his final hit with the White Sox in 4-3 win over St. Louis. The future Hall of Famer spent 20 years and 2,422 games in a Sox uniform. He’d later come back as a coach for the club in 1970 and 1971. Appling had 2,749 hits, all with the Sox in his career and won two batting titles. October 1, 1959 - After 40 years, the wait was over and the Sox were back in the World Series facing the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Sox reacted in game #1 like they were trying to win the title in a single afternoon, burying L.A. 11-0. Ted Kluszewski slammed a pair of home runs and tied a series record with five RBI’s. The Sox assaulted Dodger starter Roger Craig early and often to give Cy Young award winner Early Wynn a lot of breathing room. October 1, 1970 - It was the end of the worst season in Sox history to that time and as it turned out the final game ever called by longtime Sox announcer Bob Elson. “The Commander” began his White Sox career in 1930 and for the next 40 years called games in good times and bad. His style simply no longer fit the environment and with the Sox needing to make drastic changes everywhere, he was let go. The Sox closed out a 106-loss season in Anaheim losing to the Angels 5-4 in 15 innings. They lost their last seven straight to end the year. Elson found work for 1971 calling the Oakland Athletics while the A’s announcer, Harry Caray took over for Elson with the Sox! October 1, 1975 – Sox owner John Allyn appeared on Johnny Morris’ sports show on WBBM-TV. While talking about the pending sale of the club he said if he did own the team in 1976, Harry Caray wouldn’t be back as lead announcer. Allyn was tired of Caray and wanted to fire him which he actually did later on. The next day Caray had this retort, "I can’t believe any man can own a ball club and be as dumb as John Allyn. Did he make enough to own it or did he inherit it?" Caray also told the Chicago Tribune, “Why would he fire me? I’m the only thing fans have to talk about. If there are any players who don’t like me it’s only the ones who had lousy seasons. They weren’t producing and I said so.” As it turned out neither man had to worry, Allyn sold to Bill Veeck and Veeck immediately rehired Caray who continued in his broadcasting role for the rest of Veeck’s ownership. October 1, 2015 – In the seventh inning of a game at U.S. Cellular Field, Jose Abreu’s two run single gave him 100 RBI’s for the season, the night before he collected his 30th home run of the year. Both milestones came off Kansas City’s Luke Hochevar. Abreu thus became only the second player in Major League history with at least 30 home runs and at least 100 RBI’s in their first two seasons. He joined Albert Pujois in that exclusive club.

he's really been overused down the stretch both of them, actually FA deal to Sox lol? in the Top Ten atm

I’d actually go Miller here for two

Given his history I wouldn't count on it. He feels rightly or wrongly giving long term big money deals to pitchers is an unnecessary gamble. You can argue and say he's right in his thinking. The problem is, and has been, most of the other teams the Sox are competing against don't feel that way which puts them at a big disadvantage. Plus the failure of the minor league system to keep pitchers healthy complicates matters. And as I posted last week a good friend has lunch with JR recently and JR said that because of the labor situation he doesn't do anything when those situations come up. I don't even know if teams will be allowed to do anything before the lockout starts anyway, they may be told 'off the record' don't sign, trade or do anything until the new labor deal is hammered out.

He called out our Sox for being good even as they smoked us.